Your Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize, perform and document scientific experiments/activities, e.g. the development and qualification of in vitro cell-based and immunoassays for functional protein characterization, under moderate supervision/in collaboration with experienced team members.

• Manage operational aspects in lab:

• Take over responsibility for and utilize special equipment (e.g. flow cytometer) under moderate supervision; schedule and perform maintenance and qualification of analytical instruments/equipment. Contribute to the evaluation of new lab equipment.

• Actively maintain laboratory inventory (e.g. chemicals, standards, consumables) within own area of responsibility.

• Work according to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines.

• Provide documentation of raw data, evaluate results for method development and/or qualifications of routinely applied methods or procedures. Review and verify raw data generated by others.

• Write documents, e.g. lab procedures / SOPs or study plans and reports based on templates under moderate supervision

• Address and solve problems of medium complexity within own area of responsibility. Recognize, communicate and provide input to the solution of problems with higher complexity (e.g. deviations and unexpected results from experiments).

• Contribute to development of new methods/processes and reproduce published methods/processes under moderate supervision or optimize existing methods/processes; contribute to the evaluation/implementation of new lab equipment/new technologies.

• Perform information searches under moderate guidance. Actively participate in knowledge exchange.

• Train and coach technicians, temporary employees and employees under training/education.

• Collaborate within own and with other groups.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• MSc in Biology, Biotechnology or related Natural Sciences, or BSc in Biology, Biotechnology or related Natural Sciences with 2 years relevant experience, or Apprenticeship (e.g. CTA, MTA)(or equivalent technical education) with 4 years relevant experience in industry or equivalent

• Good communication skills in English

• Advanced practical experience with cell-based bioassays as well as bioanalytical techniques (e.g. ELISA, ECL immunoassays, flow cytometry, luminescence)

• Experience with assays using primary cells is a plus

• Awareness for safe handling of chemicals, potentially dangerous materials

• Adequate theoretical and scientific knowledge in the relevant area

• Adequate knowledge of relevant software and computer tools (at least Excel, Word, PLA is a plus).

• Good documentation, presentation and scientific writing skills.

• Experience with working in a regulated environment is a plus

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave

• Holiday allowance

• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)

• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits

• Parental leave

• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.